child sex crime

A Port Charlotte man was sentenced Friday to 5 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor.

A Bonita Springs man was found guilty Friday morning of sexually abusing a child younger than 12 for multiple years.

Republican lawmakers Wednesday filed proposals that seek to allow the death penalty for people who commit sexual battery on children under age 12.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman who they say crashed a teen’s birthday party earlier this month and had sexual contact with a teen. The party was held on May 9, at a home in Port Charlotte. Jessica Good, 44, had returned to the home around 2 a.m., after a night of […]

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s office has announced the arrest of a woman on multiple possible sex charges involving minors. Reeghan Burgess, 30, was arrested Friday on eight possible charges, including unlawful sexual activity with certain minors. She remains in the Charlotte County Jail on $1 million bail. Burgess worked at Crossroads Hope Academy in Punta […]

A Southwest Florida man wants to achieve justice for victims of child sex crime victims. A new plan to get rid of the statute of limitations for children under 18 years old will be heard by a Florida Senate panel. The man we spoke to was molested at a Southwest Florida camp decades ago. He […]